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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2021

A Proinflammatory Stimulus Disrupts Hippocampal Plasticity and Learning via Microglial Activation and 25-Hydroxycholesterol.

Yukitoshi Izumi, Anil G Cashikar, Kathiresan Krishnan, Steven M Paul, Douglas F Covey, Steven J Mennerick, Charles F Zorumski

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yukitoshi IzumiTaylor Family Institute for Innovative Psychiatric Research, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110-1093.ORCID 0000-0002-5596-1031
Anil G CashikarDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110-1010.
Kathiresan KrishnanDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
Steven M PaulDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110-1010.
Douglas F CoveyDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110-1010.
Steven J MennerickDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110-1010.ORCID 0000-0003-0868-0664
Charles F ZorumskiDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110-1010 zorumskc@wustl.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9704-5154
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Neuroactive steroids as novel psychiatric treatments: mechanistic studiesP50MH122379 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI EVERS, ALEX S. · 2021 to 2025
$12.2M
GABAA RECEPTOR POPULATIONS IN HIPPOCAMPUS AND THALAMUSR01MH123748 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MENNERICK, STEVEN J · 2021 to 2025
$2.4M
Oxysterols and NMDAR FunctionR01MH101874 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MENNERICK, STEVEN J, ZORUMSKI, CHARLES F · 2014 to 2018
$1.9M
NEUROSTEROIDS & PROXIMAL INHIBITION IN THE HIPPOCAMPUSR21MH114866 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ZORUMSKI, CHARLES F · 2018 to 2018
$234k
NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH122379NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH101874NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH123748NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH114866
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory cells, including macrophages and microglia, synthesize and release the oxysterol 25-hydroxycholesterol (25HC), which has antiviral and immunomodulatory properties. Here, we examined the effects of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), an activator of innate immunity, on 25HC production in microglia, and the effects of LPS and 25HC on CA1 hippocampal synaptic plasticity and learning. In primary microglia, LPS markedly increases the expression of cholesterol 25-hydroxylase (Ch25h), the key enzyme involved in 25HC synthesis, and increases the levels of secreted 25HC. Wild-type microglia produced higher levels of 25HC than

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AnimalsAvoidance LearningHippocampusHydroxycholesterolsLipopolysaccharidesLong-Term PotentiationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMicrogliaNeuroinflammatory DiseasesRatsRats, Sprague-Dawley25-hydroxycholesterolHydroxycholesterolsLipopolysaccharideslipopolysaccharidelong-term potentiationmemorymetaplasticityneurosteroidsoxysterols

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PMID34725187
PMCPMC8660051
OpenAlexW3211181013

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